Today is the beginning of the college bowl game season. College football junkies can get their fill of 35 games, starting with three today and one every day, except for Christmas Day and January 5th. It all concludes with the BCS Championship game on January 9th.
With 70 teams making a bowl appearance, it means that there will be a bunch of teams with less than stellar records. Schools like to go to bowls because of the cash dangled in front of them by broadcast rights.
ESPN keeps it going by televising 31 of the games, including two on ESPN2 and one on ESPNU ABC has two while CBS and Fox have one each. NBC decided to stay away from them.
Fans can start the afternoon with the New Mexico Bowl featuring a pair of 8-4 teams with Wyoming and Temple. The Idaho Potato Bowl follows with Utah (7-5) against Ohio (9-4). The evening caps off with the New Orleans Bowl featuring a pair of 8-4 teams with Lafayette and San Diego State.
Tomorrow night, football fans have the choice of watching the NFL with Baltimore at San Diego or they can switch to the Beef O'Brady Bowl with Florida International (8-4) taking on Marshall (6-6).
New year's Eve has a game which will be a real "barn-burner" between UCLA (6-7) and Illinois (6-6).
In the end, it's all about the broadcast rights, ratings and ad revenue. The games are secondary. The schools are happy as long as they make money.
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